#4ca4e4

Color #4ca4e4

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 13.86 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#4ca4e4

RGB

rgb(76, 164, 228)

HSL

hsl(205.3, 73.8%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(205.3, 66.7%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.7%, 28.1%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(64.71, -6.51, -40.02)

LCH

lch(64.71, 40.55, 260.76)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.1265, 243.17)

HWB

hwb(205.3, 29.8%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e48c4c

Analogous

#4ce4d8

#4ca4e4

#4c58e4

Triadic

#4ca4e4

#e44ca4

#a4e44c

Split-complementary

#4ca4e4

#e44c58

#e4d84c

Tetradic

#4ca4e4

#8c4ce4

#e48c4c

#a4e44c

Square

#4ca4e4

#d84ce4

#e48c4c

#58e44c

Shades

Color #4ca4e4 mixed toward black.

#218ddc

#1b71b0

#145584

#0d3958

#071c2c

Tints

Color #4ca4e4 mixed toward white.

#6ab3e9

#88c2ed

#a5d1f2

#c3e1f6

#e1f0fb

Tones

Color #4ca4e4 mixed toward gray.

#59a2d7

#65a0cb

#729ebe

#7f9cb1

#8b9aa5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7dd7 · ΔE 19.1

Deuteranopia

#7770d3 · ΔE 22.3

Tritanopia

#53ccc9 · ΔE 23.8

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4ca4e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4ca4e4]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#4ca4e4 (#4ca4e4) is rgb(76, 164, 228) in RGB.

No, #4ca4e4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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